A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]

A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]

Bear and forbear.

Bear and forbear.

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.

An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

His bark is worse than his bite.

His bark is worse than his bite.

Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.

Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.